Carolina Music Festivals is a comprehensive calendar and guide to multi-act, daylong or multiple-day music festivals in North Carolina.
Dates and other details may be estimated based on last year's festival until this year's plans are confirmed by festival organizers.
December 3 - 5 Balsam Range Art of Music Festival - Lake Junaluska
The popular bluegrass band from Haywood County presents three days of evening concerts featuring some of the top nationally touring artists in the field of bluegrass and acoustic music, plus musician and songwriter workshops and more. Among performances each night by Balsam Range is a show by the band with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble, a 14-piece version of the typically 30+ piece Atlanta Pops Orchestra. The festival is in its tenth year in 2026. Click on the photo for more information.
Artists
Thursday: Blasam Range and guests TBA.
Friday: Balsam Range, Jeff Little Trio, more TBA.
Saturday: Balsam Range with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble, Darren Nicholson Band, Authentic Unlimited, more TBA.
Festival site: Lake Junaluska
Thursday kickoff: $58.50.
Two days: Reserved: $136.89, $157.95 and $210.60 reserved, $73.71 general admission.
Daily: $76.05, $87.75 and $117 reserved, $52.65 general admission.
7 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday.
Lodging onsite at lakeside The Terrace Hotel or the historic Lambuth Inn at a variety of prices. Two-night minimum, includes reserved festival seats, daily breakfast, pre-concert dinners on Friday and Saturday, Lake Junaluska gift.
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